EntryCommon
vouloir/vu.lwaʁ/

  1. Verb

    to want, wish, desire

    transitive

    Je veux voir le soleil.
    I want to see the sun.

  2. to expect; to think; forms rhetorical questions, perhaps better translated to English by rephrasing with would or should

    Qu'est-ce que vous voulez que j'en sache?
    How should I know?

  3. to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem

    reflexive

  4. to please do something

    formalimperative